Loftware, a provider of enterprise labeling technology, has acquired UK-based artwork management solutions provider, Gap Systems, to expand its global presence. Gap Systems controls complex packaging artwork processes throughout the ...
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP) has introduced a fully recyclable polyethylene packaging solution in India. The company has developed an advanced formulation of polyethylene (PE) resins to produce sustainable all PE laminate ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco has entered into a research partnership with Clemson University to develop advanced packaging solutions for the fresh food products. As part of the Sonoco Food Research Excellence for Safety and Health (FRESH), the ...
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US-based Scanbuy, a provider of QR Code mobile technology services, and Kezzler have partnered to bring Internet of Packaging (IoP) to consumer packaged goods companies and retailers. Norway-based Kezzler provides product serialization, ...
This month sees the launch in Grenoble, France of the three-year, €7.2m European Union ‘Horizon 2020’ project ModulED, which brings together 10 European research institutes, key members of the automotive-industry value ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has released its annual sustainability report, ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco has reduced total water usage by about 5% in 2016, total energy usage by 0.52% and recovered the equivalent (by weight) of 57% of the product that Sonoco places into the marketplace through recycling, according to the ...
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Industrial packaging firm MAUSER Group has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its factory in Gliwice, Poland. Ideally located in the industrial heartland of Upper Silesia, and operated by a strong local management team, the plant offers ...
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Evrything, the Internet of Things (IOT) Smart Products Platform for consumer products, has announced industry-first connection of GS1 identifiers with the IOT industrial scale. With this integration, consumer goods brands can use billions ...
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Sidel Group, along with Gebo Cermex, is set to launch multiple next-generation packaging solutions for beverage markets at Drinktec 2017 in Germany. The event will take place from 11 to 15 September in Munich. At the event, the company ...
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Volvo Trucks has developed a new self-steering truck which is expected to significantly boost sugar-cane harvest in Brazil. The truck, which is used to transport newly harvested sugar-cane, is steered with great precision through the ...
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Brazilian retail chain GPA Group and thermoplastic resins producer Braskem have partnered to manufacture recycled plastic packaging from materials collected in supermarkets. Under the partnership, the two companies are set to produce 60 ...
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA says that, at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in San Francisco on 25 May during the IEEE Vision, Innovations, and Challenges (IEEE VIC) Summit, George Craford (the Lumileds Solid State Lighting Fellow) will ...
RPC Promens Industrial and RPC Promens have developed practical containers for Dow AgroSciences to minimize environmental impact. A range of Dow AgroSciences’ liquid crop protection formulations are being benefitted with the new ...
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German rigid industrial packaging firm Mauser Group has introduced new skINliner barrier technology for intermediate bulk container (IBC) and rigid plastic packaging applications. Mauser skINliner is said to aggregate the advanced barrier ...
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